Chapter 0134
Sabotage? The girls around us burst into loud chatter.
“Could it be possible? How would she do it?”
“Anything’s possible. She could have done it.”
“Someone get the guards! If it’s true, that’s an attempt on the Queen’s life!”
At the sound of that accusation, the guards closed in around my table. One of them scurried off, only to return quickly with Joseph himself in tow.
“This is getting out of hand,” I said. “Linda, tell them this wasn’t sabotage.
“Why would I?” Linda said. “How else would my appetizer make the Queen sick? You didn’t…. poison it,
did you, Piper?”
At the mention of poison, the crowd gasped.
“What? No!” I held my hands up, but the guards had taken renewed interest in me.
“What’s this about poison?” Joseph said, bullying his way to my side.
“Nothing,” I said quickly.
“She poisoned the Queen!” Linda said, pointing. In the past five seconds, she had taken that wild idea
and latched onto it, doubling down. Could she not simply see that her eggs had spoiled?
“She didn’t keep her eggs on ice and they went bad,” I said. “That’s all that happened.”
Joseph crossed his arms. Lifting his chin, he peered down the length of his nose at me.
“An accusation of poisoning is a serious matter,” he said.
“Tell that to Linda. I didn’t have anything to do with –”
Joseph ignored me. “We will investigate. But in the meantime, the accused should be placed into the
dungeons for the sake of the Queen.”
My stomach dropped. “What?”
I looked around, searching for Elva in the crowd. Fortunately Mark had pulled her away. They watched from very far back, near the edge of the gardens. Hopefully, she was too far away to hear.
A guard grabbed me roughly by the arm.
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“Hey!” I struggled, but they were trained soldiers, paid for their strength. Without my wolf, I was an absolute weakling in comparison.
“Now, wait one minute,” Nicholas said. He politely weaved his way through the crowd, approaching me. When he was close enough, he glared at the guard’s hold on my arm until the guard released me.
“Your Royal Highness,” Joseph said, dipping his head. “This is a serious matter. Please allow me permission to handle it as I see fit.”
Nicholas stared at him flatly. “Denied.”
Joseph blinked, apparently not expecting that reaction. Just how much free reign did this Captain of the
Guard usually have?
“In fact, rather than your typical investigation, I have a suggestion of my own,” Nicholas said.
He looked first to me, offering me a reassuring nod, then looked to Linda.
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